Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1887-01-22
MR.. GRADY's SPEECH.

w. Grady, OF the Atlanta COnstltutloh,l :
made some weeks ago, on Forefather's :
Day, before the New England Club, at i
Boston. After Gen. Sherman had {
finished his speech Judge Russell in
troduced Mr.. Grady, who spoke in re- !
sponse to the toast, "The New South"
Before Mr.. Grady could rise from his ,
seat the entire audience rose and gave
three cheers and tiger for the new
south
Then Mr.. Grady sand -" There was
d south of secession and slavery-that
south is dead, There is south of union
and freedom-that south is living,
breathing, growing every hour These
words, delivered from the lips of Benia-
min H. Hill in Tammsny hall in 1876,
make my text for tonight.
| MIR. President and gentlemen, let
me express to you my appreciation OF
@he kindness by which am permitted
to address you. make this abrupt &C.
acknowledgement advisedly, tor felt that
If when raised my provincial voice i'll
this ancient and august presence, Il could
find Q ,urage for no more than an opening
sentence, it would he we'll if in that
opening sentence had met in rough
sense my obligation as guest and had
perished, SO to speak, with courtesy Oh
my lips and grace in my heart.
Laughter Permitted through your
kindness to catch my second wind, let
me say that l appreciate the signiti-
cancel of being the first eoutherner to
speak ut this board, which bears the
substance, if it surpasses the semblance,
OF original New England hospitality
[applause] and houors sentiment that
in turn hOnOrs you, but in which my
personality is lost and the compliment
to my people made plain. Laughter.
.I bespeak the utmost stretch OF
your courtesy tonight. l am some
what Indifferent to those from whom l
come You remember the man whose
wife sent him with pitcher Of milk,
and who, tripping on the top step, fell,
with such casual interruption as the |
landing afforded, into the basement, |
and while picking himself up, had the |
pleasure of hearing his wife call out !:
John did you break the pltcherr No,
I didn't said John, but be dinged If
DON'T Loud laughter,
$50 while those who call to me from
behind may inspire me with energy II
not with courage, ask an indulgent
/ hearing from you. beg that you will
!, bring your full faith in American fair
, ness and frsnkness to Judgment upon
what l shall say. There was an old
preacher once who told some boys Of
: the Bible lesson he was to read In the
q morning. The boys, finding the place,
glued together the connected pages.
Laughter1 The next morning he
. read on the bottom of one page: when
It Noah was 120 years old he took unto
4 himself wife, who was'-then turning
the page-'140 eubits long laughter
40 cubits wide, built of gopher wood
$ Ciaughter1-andc covered with pitch iu-
y side and out loud and continued
j. laughter. He was naturally puzzled
at this. tie read it again, verified it,.
and then said: My friends, this is the
II tirst time ever met this in the Bible,
It but I accept it is an evidence of the as .
q sertion that we are tearfully and won.
10 dertully made Immense Iaughter] {.
70 If could get you to hold such faith to.
% night, could proceed cheeIfully to the
j. task otherwise approach with sense
# of conservation.
"Pardon me one word, Mr. Presi
dent, spoken for the purpose of getting
T. int the volumes that go out annually
~ hClShtOu "Ash OAO AiSu Oio4uCuCC vi
lv your speakers, the fact that the Cav.
alier as we'll as the Puritan, was or
this continent in its early days, and
T. that he was up and able to be about
g. Laughter. have read your books
D. carefully and find no mention of thai
;r fact, which seems to me important fol
preserving sort of historical equili
- brium.
st "With the Cavalier once established
as fact in your charming little books
m shall let him work out his owl
stratum, as he has always done will
/" engaging gallantry, and we will hold
[c no controversy as to his merits. Why
10 should we? Neither Puritan or Cava
"a lier long survived as such. The vir
tues and traditions of both happily
" still live for the inspiration of thei
Id sons and the saving of the old fashions
he Applausel But both Puritan ant
~ Cavalier we're lost In the storm OF thei
first revolution, and the American citi
zen, supplanting both and stronge,
It's than either, took possession of the re
ot public bought by their common blood
n. and fashioned to wisdom, and charge,
himself with teaching men government
and establishing the voice of the peo
'lg pie as the voice OF God. [Applause]
T.. Great types like valuable plants ar
in slow to flower and fruit. But from tn
-. anion of these colonists, from tn
"' Strengthening Of their purposes and tn
&C. crossing of their blood, slow perfectiu
through century, came he who stand
he as the typical American. the frat VIII,
. comprehended within himself all tn
strength and gentleness, all the majest
;e' and grace of this republic--Abrahai
h. | I T I nd
ffi. plauseJ. He was the son of Purita
or and Cavalier, in his ardent nature wer
fused the virtues of both, and in tn
ID depths OF his great soul the faults c
nd both were lost Renewed applause
IA He was greater tnan Puritan, create
TO than Cavalier,in that he was America
-[renewed applause and that in hi
,t- hotnely form were first gathered th
AMI vast and thrilling forces of this ides
led government-chargin with such trt
se. mendous meaning and SO elevating
id. above human suffering that marty
mt. dom. though infamously aimed, cam
as fitting crown to a life consecrate
from the cradle to human liberty
be Loud and prolonged cheeringl. La
es. us, each cherishiug his tradition
,m and hunoring his fathers, build wit
reverent hands to the type of this sim
pie but sublime life, in which all typt
all are honored, and in the common glor
ur we shall win As Americans there wi
=. be plenty and to spare for your lore
'oi- fathers aud for mine. Renewed chez
the ingl.
as "In speaking OF the toast with whi,
the you have hunored me [ accept the ter
ON The New South as in no sense iii,
w. paraging to the old. Dear to me, 81
pen is the home of my childhood and Il
OK traditions OF my people. There Is
new south, not through the prote
against the old, but because of ne
last conditions, new adjustne MS and, If yt
I'M please, new ideas and aspirations.
an is to this that l address myself. a
o you, gentlemen, to picture if you c'
DILL, the footsore soldier who buttoned up
step his faded gray jacket the parole viii
, of was taken, testimony to his children
In. his fidelity and faith, turned his ia
~, southwark from Appomsttox in Apr
Inc 1865. Think of him as ragged, h,
wn, starved. heavy hearted, enfeebled
Lrts. want and wounds. Having fought to e
,ou haustion he surrenders his gun, wrin
the hands of his comrades, and liftil
ms his tear stained and pallid face for Il
'ck- asst time to the graves that dot the o
1ted Virginia hills pulls his old gray c.
NOT over his brow and begins his slow al
paipfnl ionrpav What Hoea n An